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Leonard is my eighth cousin four times removed; we are related through Percival and Rebecca LOWELL. He had many professions: carpenter, sawmill worker, electrician, and farmer.[1] He was enumerated with his parents in 1850 and 1860 in Eliot, York, Maine.[2] He was enumerated with his wife and brother George in 1870 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.[3] He was enumerated with his wife and children in 1880 and 1900 in Berwick, York, Maine.[4]

Leonard Goodwin FROST was born 29 January 1848 in Eliot, York, Maine.[5] He was the son of Joseph Dependence and Sarah M. (JELLISON) FROST. He died 11 January 1909.[6] He is interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Berwick, York, Maine.[7] Leonard married Ellen Frances SHAPLEIGH 4 June 1870 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire by Rev. Clark Carter.[8] Ellen was born 13 April 1849 in Lebanon, York, Maine.[9] She was the daughter of Edwin and Abbie H. (CARPENTER) SHAPLEIGH. She died 8 January 1918 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts of hypertrophy and dilatation of heart.[10] She is interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Berwick, York, Maine.[11]

Leonard and Ellen had the following children:

Ernest Albert FROST was born 23 July 1874 in Berwick, York, Maine.[12] He died 24 November 1919 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts of apoplexy and cerebral hemorrhage.[13] He never married.

Grace Lillian FROST was born 14 July 1876 in Berwick, York, Maine.[14] She died 7 September 1965 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Grace married Alfred Willard DURGIN 9 June 1897 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire by Rev. G. H. SPENCER; intentions filed 29 May 1897.[15] Alfred was born 29 January 1871.[16] He was the son of Benjamin and Mary (COLE) DURGIN. He died 28 November 1935 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Grace and Alfred had no children.

William Edwin FROST was born 15 November 1880 in Berwick, York, Maine.[17] He died in 1960. William married Ruby CLINE.[18] Ruby was born in 1899. She died 28 September 1986. She was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida.[19] William and Ruby had two children.

Zebedee is my third cousin six times removed; we are related through Captain Joseph and Joanna (THOMAS) VAUGHAN. There are a large number of men with this name and it can be confusing as to which one is which, I believe I have the correct person in all the attached records and dates. The name is a biblical name meaning “God has given” or “abundant”. There are variations of the name in records such as Zibida, Zebadee and Zibidee and more. Due to the confusion with records I cannot verify if he served in the War of 1812, though there was a Zebedee Chandler that served from Massachusetts. Also due to the name confusion some of the children listed may or may not be his children. I will put an * next to all those that are possibly his children. He worked as a peddler in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Zebedee CHANDLER was born 6 April 1785 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[1] He was the son of Lt. Zebedee and Zerviah (CUSHMAN) CHANDLER. He died of cholera on 15 July 1849 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[2] He is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[3] Zebedee married Ruth COLE 28 July 1804 by Rev. John HOWLAND in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts with intentions filed 1 July 1804 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[4] Ruth was born 9 September 1785 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[5] She was the daughter of Job and Mary (SAVERY) COLE. She died 27 August 1834 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[6] She is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[7]

Zebedee and Ruth had the following children:

Job Cole CHANDLER born 22 or 23 December 1804 in Carver or Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[8] He also has many other dates listed such as 23 December 1803 (death record); 1804 by itself with no location on a Sons of the American Revolutionary War application; 1804 in Carver on Find a Grave and another death record; 13 December 1804 listed in a book.[9] I believe the December 1804 date to be the correct date. He died of paralysis on 15 March 1886 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[10] He is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[11] Job married Nancy Bradford SHERMAN 11 April 1830 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[12] Nancy was born 23 June 1813 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[13] She is the daughter of Joseph and Nancy (BRADFORD) SHERMAN. She died 24 September 1891 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[14] She is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[15] They had 8 children.

Zebedee CHANDLER* born about 1805.

Mary CHANDLER born 25 April 1806 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[16] She is also listed as born in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts in one book.[17] She died 4 August 1872 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[18] She is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[19] Mary married Levi SHURTLEFF 10 November 1825 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts by Nehemiah Cable, Esq.; with intentions filed 1 October 1825 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[20] The date of 10 November 1824 was also listed in a book.[21] Levi was born 3 March 1801 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[22] He was the son of Gideon and Lucy (SHAW) SHURTLEFF. He died 9 October 1878 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[23] He is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[24] They had nine children.

Caroline CHANDLER born 13 November 1807 in Plympton, Massachusetts.[25] She died of enlargement of the heart on 15 May 1857 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[26] Find a Grave has the date of 13 Jun 1857 which I believe is incorrect.[27] She is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[28] Caroline married Job MORTON 10 March 1832 or June 1832 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[29] Job was born 9 August 1790 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was the son of Job and Patience (CROOKER) MORTON. He died 18 June 1849 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[30] They had three children.

Zebedee CHANDLER* born about 1809. He married Betsey H. BRIGGS 17 September 1841 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.[31] Betsey died 12 May 1845 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[32] She is interred at Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[33] They had one daughter who died as a young child.

Isaac CHANDLER born 21 September 1809 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[34] He died 10 January 1824.[35]

Hannah CHANDLER born 11 September 1811.[36] She died 25 October 1811.[37]

Ruth C. CHANDLER* born 12 September 1814.[40] On her death record and tombstone she is listed as being born in 1819.[41] She died of valvular heart disease on 2 January 1896 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[42] She is interred at West Barnstable Cemetery in West Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[43] Ruth married William F. Jones 20 June 1841 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts; with intentions filed 29 May 1841 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[44] William was born about 1819.[45] He was the son of Benjamin and Betsey (CROCKER) JONES. He died about 1915. He is interred at West Barnstable Cemetery in West Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[46] They had one daughter.

Benjamin P.T. CHANDLER* born 3 October 1816.[47] He died 29 April 1818.[48]

Mercy Savery CHANDLER* 19 October 1818 in Massachusetts.[49] She has other dates listed in other sources such as 16 October 1818 and 1819.[50] She died of consumption on 12 January 1853 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[51] In one book she is listed as dying 9 January 1853.[52] Mercy married Samuel T. RIDGWAY Jr., 6 November 1836 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts.[53] Samuel was born 12 November 1813 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of Jared and Mehitable (GARDNER) REED. He died 9 April 1896 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts. They had two children.

Albert F. CHANDLER born 1821 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[54] He died of heart disease and chronic hepatitis on 29 March 1886 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[55] He is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[56] Albert married twice; he married first to Sarah W. TOLMAN.[57] Sarah died 10 May 1851 in Massachusetts. She is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[58] They had two children. Albert married second to Martha B. FULLER 5 November 1857 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[59] She was the daughter of Thomas and Sarah FULLER. She died of acute exacerbation of chronic nephritis on 30 August 1907 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[60] She is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[61] I cannot find any children of this marriage.

Sarah B. CHANDLER* born 21 December 1825 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[62] She died 25 March 1858 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[63] Sarah married Miles Barrows PRATT 12 January 1852 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts by W. G. Sargant.[64] Other dates and locations are 1851 in Massachusetts; 25 December 1851 in Worcester, Massachusetts.[65] Miles was born 17 September 1825 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[66] Miles is the son of David and Sarah (BARROWS) PRATT. He died 9 August 1882 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[67] They had no children.

The above Zebedee (#2) and Zebedee (#5) are mentioned in various records as his son, there was another Zebedee CHANDLER with a wife Ruth living in another part of Massachusetts at the same time period, so they me connected to that Zebedee. Other noted children, may or may not belong to this other Zebedee, though they often referred to the wife as Ruth COLE, so there is no guarantee as to whom they belong. I do believe that all the Zebedee’s living in the Plymouth County at this time period are related in some manner.

[2] A. W. Savary, A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Savery Families (Savory and Savary) and of the Severy Family (Severit, Savery, Savory, and Savary): descended from early immigrants to New England and Philidelphia with introductory articles of the orgin and history of the names, and of English families of the name Savery in its various forms; a detailed sketch of the life and labors of William Savery, Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends; and appendixes containing an account of Savery’s invention of the steam engine, and extracts from English, New England, and Barbadoes records relating to families of both names, first (Boston: The Collin Press, 1893), 77; images online, Google, Google (www.books.google.com : online 20 April 2016; Ruth Cole #111. Ray, The Chandler Family Association, Zebedee Chandler, Jr. (#3) (Zebedee > Lt. Zebedee). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 41: 78, Zebedee Chandler; FHL microfilm 959812; FHL microfilm 4282859. 1850 United States census, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, mortality schedule, Carver, image 14 of 33, Zebedee Chandler; FHL microfilm 1421015; NARA microfilm publication T655.

Abner is my second cousin six times removed; we are related through Thomas and Jane (COLE) WORMWOOD. He was enumerated in the 1850 census taken in Kennebunk, York, Maine, listed as a farmer.[1]

Abner WORMWOOD was born 14 May 1781 in Wells, York, Maine or New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine. He is the son of William and Keziah (GOOCH) WORMWOOD. He died 24 June 1855 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[2] He was interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[3] Abner married twice, first to Susannah EDES 30 July 1802 or 1807 in Wells, York, Maine. Susanna “Sukey” was born 30 September 1785 in Maine.[4] She died 10 September 1820 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[5] She is interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[6] He married second to Elizabeth CLARK 15 July 1822 or 8 August 1822 in Kennebunk or Wells, York, Maine.[7] She was born 7 July 1787. She died 5 September 1860.[8] She is interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[9]

Abner and Susannah had the following children:

Elvira Wormwood was born 15 November 1807 in Wells, York, Maine. She died 8 March 1898 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. She married twice, first to Robert H. STEWART 27 May 1832 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts with banns posted 28 April 1832.[10] She married second to Caleb Secchomb HOBBS 17 March 1842 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts with banns published 28 February 1842.[11]

Esther Hobbs WORMWOOD was born 14 February 1809 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She died 31 July 1845 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. She was interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[12] Esther married Rufus Anderson COBB 11 February 1836 in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine with intentions filed 8 January 1836 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[13]

Olive Edes WORMWOOD was born 23 December 1811. She died unmarried 9 October 1834 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[14] She is interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[15]

Almedia G. WORMWOOD was born 20 March 1814 in Maine. She died 26 September 1840. She was interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[16] Almedia married Horace FERNALD 23 January 1836 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[17] He married Almedia’s sister Elizabeth after her death.

Jane H. WORMWOOD was born 8 April 1816 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She died unmarried 24 June 1835 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She is interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[18]

Julia Ann WORMWOOD was born 15 May 1818 in Maine. She died 30 November 1897 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina. She was interred at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina.[19] Julia married Benjamin D. MORRILL 7 July 1837 in Chelsea, Suffolk Massachusetts.[20]

Rufus and Elizabeth had the following children:

Elizabeth Clarke WORMWOOD she was born 20 April 1823 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She died 2 Jun 1886. She was interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[21] Elizabeth married Horace FERNALD 10 November 1842 in Kennebunk, York, Maine with intentions filed 18 November 1837 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[22]

Emeline WORMWOOD was born 12 February 1825 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She died 13 July 1912. Emeline married Joshua CLARK 6 June 1846 in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts with intentions filed 31 May 1845 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[23]

Susan Edes WORMWOOD was born 8 May 1827 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She died 25 March 1852 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[24] She married William SCHOULER 25 February 1845 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[25]

Augustus Frank WORMWOOD was born 8 Jun 1829 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. He died of apoplexy on 2 December 1901 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[26] He is interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[27] Augustus married Mary Ann LITTLEFIELD 11 January 1855 in Wells, York, Maine with intentions filed 30 December 1854 in Kennebunk, York, Maine.[28]

Martha Ann WORMWOOD was born 18 March 1831 in Kennebunk, York, Maine. She died of valvular heart disease on 17 September 1916 in South Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[29] She is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Martha married Luther BILLINGS 2 December 1851 by Rev. James J. WOODBURY in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[30]

Thomas is my sixth great uncle; we are related through his parents William and Jane (COLE) WORMWOOD. Thomas was a defendant in a debt case in October 1757 in York County, ME.[1] Thomas lived on land that he obtained from his father on the western side of the Mousam River.[2]

Thomas WORMWOOD died 1766. He married Hannah EVANS 17 May 1738/9 in Wells, York, ME.[3] Intention filed 9 December 1738 in Wells, York, ME.[4] Hannah is the daughter of Edward and Dorcas (BUSEY) EVANS.

Thomas and Hannah had the following children:

Elizabeth baptized 19 July 1741.

William was born 17 August 1743 in Wells, York, ME.[5] He died 4 Jun 1818. William is interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, ME.[6] He married Keziah GOOCH. She was born 24 February 1748 in Biddeford. She was the daughter of Jedidiah and Hannah (MOORE) GOOCH. She died 25 December 1839. Keziah was interred at Hope Cemetery in Kennebunk, York, ME.[7]

Eli was baptized 10 July 1744. He married Elizabeth MOORE 14 November 1765 in Biddeford, York, ME [they are first cousins]. Elizabeth was born 1740 in Biddeford, York, ME [she is my fifth great grand aunt]. She was the daughter of Wyatt and Elizabeth (WORMWOOD) MOORE [my sixth great grandparents]. Elizabeth died 1830 in Deer Isle, Hancock, ME.

Andrew was baptized 23 April 1749.

Jane was baptized 7 July 1751

Abijah was baptized 8 July 1753. Abijah on 8 May 1775 joined the Revolutionary Was and was in Capt. Jesse Dorman’s Company, Colonel James Scamman’s 30th Regiment from Wells, York, ME. Andrew was baptized 25 April 1756

Abner was baptized 1759.

History of Wells and Kennebunk… excerpt about Thomas and son Abner Wormwood[8]

“on the Mousam below was the Larrabee village, consisting on one side of Larrabee’s, Littlefield’s, and Look’s houses, the latter of which was occupied by John Butland, Look having moved to Saco. Below was the house of Thomas Wormwood, and forty rods further down, on the edge of the highland, that of John Freeze. Above , near the river, opposite the gravel bed, the house of Samuel Emons. On the western side of the river was the house of Thomas Wormword, jr., where the late Abner Wormwood lived, and above, at the foot of the pasture of the late Geo. W. Wallingford, Esq., was the house of Edward Evans, the cellar of which is still to be seen. The houses of John Look and Thomas Wormwood were garrisoned, each of them protected by a wall, twelve fee high, made of large timber, extending to the eaves of the house, and sufficiently far from it to leave an intervening space wide enough for all the out-door work. Below, on the Great Hill, was the house built by Samuel Sawyer, since occupied by John Burks. At the eastward of the rive, a little below the Wentworth house, on the opposite side of the road, was the house of John Webber, and beyond, where the Smith house now stands, was a small house of Richard Boothby.

Maine State Archives copy of Thomas Wormwood vs. Sir. William Pepperrell[9][copied as close to the original in spelling and construction]

October 1757

Pepperrell vs. Wormwood No. 42

Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery in said County Baronet the first Juihie named in the Commission for holding said Court pet. of Thomas Wormwood Jr. and Benjamen Wormwood both of Wells in said County yeoman defts. in a plea of Debt for that the Defs at Kittery aforesaid on the fourth Days of February anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty four by their Bond of that Date bound themselves jointly and severally to the pet. in the full and just sum of twenty pounds lawful money of this _____ of the Massachusetts Bay to be paid on Demand yet the Defts tho requested have not paid the same but unjustly detain it to the Damage of the said Sir William Pepperrell as he saith the Sum of twenty pounds. The Defts altho solemnly called to come into Court did not appear but made Default.

It is therefore considered by the court that the said Sir William Pepperrell shall recover agaist the said Thomas Wormwood Jun and Benjamen Wormwood the sum of thirteen pound seven shillings and four pence Money Damage and the sum of two pounds nineteen shilllings Court ____.

Execution issued October 15th 1757 and delivd to the creditor.

A copy of the inventory of Thomas’ estate [copied exactly as written in the record]:

“York Ss we the Subscribers being appointed and impowered by the Honble Judge of Probate to prize the estate of Thomas Wormwood Late of Wells Decd and according to a warrant directed to us we have attended to the same as follows ( ) what was shewn to us by William Wormwood admin to said Estate—–

forty two acors of Land in the home state with a barn and half the house thereon………. 42=10=0

thirty acors of land the Eastern Side of mousom River………………………………………….. 23=8=0

Appears on a list of Men Raised in the County of York in the State of Massachusetts Bay for the Perpose of filling up and Compleating the Fifteen Battalions of Continental Troops Directed To be raised for the Term of Nine Months from the Time of their Arrival at Fish Kill agreable to a resolve of Gent Court Past 20th April 1778 (Revolutionary War). List dated: “Not dated” time of arrival at Fish Kill July 11, 17, Town procured for, Wells.

Wormwood, Abijah, Wells. List of men raised in York Co. for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill; residence, Wells; arrive at Fishkill July 11, 1778.

During the Revolutionary war which followed [Indian Wars], Wells contributed largely to the army. At times it is believed, at least one-third of the able-bodied men were in the service; no other town furnished great number of officers. …

Sometimes the people were driven to the utmost extremities to proved for enlistments, the quotas required drawing largely on the population. The bounties demanded exhausted their pecuniary ability, so that some were obliged to take the feathers from their beds, send them to Boston and sell them, to meet their proportion of these public burdens. …

The following persons belonging to Wells enlisted in the company of Capt. Jesse Dorman, of Arundel: Ezekiel Wakefield, sergeant; John Fisk, John Hubbard, James Smith, Abijah Wormwood, Daniel Meader, Moses Drown, Edmund Littlefield, Moses Blaisdell.

… This service was one of great hardship and expose. They marched to New York; thence to Albany, Lake Champlain, St. John’s Montreal; thence up the Cedars sixty miles; thence back to St. John’s, where most of them had the smallpox; thence to Ticonderoga and Albany, Newton and Trenton, where they were discharged.

In the War of 1812 few or non enlisted, the feeling of nearly all the people being opposition to it.[11]

Abijah WORMWOOD History of Kennebunk

Capt. Jesse Dorman of Arundel, commanded a company in Col. Scamman’s regiment at Cambridge in 1776. Ezekiel Wakefield, sergeant, John Hubbard and Abijah Wormwood, privates, were among those who enlisted with him and it is believed were residents in the Second Parish. Bradbury says of Dorman: “He was not without perils in war or in peace. In 1793 a violent tornado unroofed his house, and he was with hs bed and bedding was blown several rods from it. Three of his sons were in the army. He was a liutenant in the old French war and wounded in the battle Lake George in 1758.”

“And Ah friend, you little realize the fortitude of ye yeomanry of this and other families of our town in those, and the later time when they sought to establish independence from the King–for did not Abijah Wormwood write to his friends here at home in 1776 from Mt. Independence, Ticonderoga, that he had suffered everything but death in the service– from want of provisions. He had also experienced defeat, and had been captured by the savages, but yet he blessed God that his life was spared when many of his soldier comrades had fallen about him.”

[2] Edward E. Bourne, The History of Wells and Kennebunk: from the Earliest Settlement to the year 1820, at which Time Kennebunk was Set Off, and Incorporated (Portland: B. Thurston & Company, 1875), 402; online images, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : online 24 February 2015; Thomas Wormwood, Jr., Abner Wormwood.

[5] George Shawn Stewart, “Records of the First Church of Wells, ME.,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 75 (1921), online archieves, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 18 March 2014), William Wormwood 27 May 1742/3.

[8] Edward E. Bourne, The History of Wells and Kennebunk: from the Earliest Settlement to the year 1820, at which Time Kennebunk was Set Off, and Incorporated (Portland: B. Thurston & Company, 1875), 402; online images, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : online 24 February 2015; Thomas Wormwood, Jr., Abner Wormwood.

Elizabeth WORMWOOD is my first cousin seven times removed; we are related through her grandparents, Thomas and Jane (COLE) WORMWOOD, my 7th great grandparents. Elizabeth was born 19 July 1741 to Thomas and Hannah (EVANS) WORMWOOD, the oldest of eight children. She was baptized 19 July 1740/1 at the First Church of Wells, Maine.[1] Elizabeth does not show up in any records after her birth, there are many Elizabeth WORMWOOD’s in that time period, but none that can be her if her birth is correct. If you have any information to help with documenting her life, I’d appreciate it.

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Abijah WORMWOOD is my first cousin, seven times removed. He is the grandson of my seventh great grandparents, Thomas and Jane (COLE) WORMWOOD. He was born 8 July 1753 to Thomas and Hannah (EVANS) WORMWOOD, probably in Wells, York, Maine. He joined Col. James Scamman’s [Scammon’s] Regiment, under Capt. Jesse Dorman’s Company on 8 May 1775.[1] There is little information on his enlistment that has been found thus far. One record stated that he appears on a list of men raised in the county of York in the state of Massachusetts, for the purpose of filling up and completing the fifteen Battalions of Continental troops directed to be raised for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill. There are a few cards stating dates with his name on them, but none state his birth, or parent’s names. In the book History of York County, there is some information stating that “the people of the area were driven to the utmost extremes to provide for enlistments, the quotas required drawing largely on the population. The bounties demanded exhausted their money and some were driven to sell the feathers from their beds in Boston to afford the bounty”. There is also quoted in a few different sources from a letter he wrote to some friends talking about the hardships, and that he was briefly captured by Indians. Due to the stress of this war on the area, very few joined the War of 1812; nearly all were in opposition to it. There are no more mentions of him after the Revolutionary War, what happened to him? I do believe he survived the war as no records of his death are listed with others from the area. I can find no land bounties, or other records of trying to collect money from the government after the war; no civil actions nor deeds. I truly would be grateful to anyone who does have more information on this cousin.

Sharing the story of restoring an 1889 Victorian farm house, the path of this new life from city girl to country girl, the restoration of Glory Farm and God's great sense of humor as Ellen moves to Ellensburg.